All nine Group 1 races receive finance boost January 28, 2014, UK ~ NEWMARKET RACECOURSES has announced a significant increase in the prize money for the 2014 season that will that will total more than £10million (€12,143,184). Newmarket, known historically as the UK Home of Horseracing will stage more Group races than anywhere else in the UK –…
Raaziq wins Arabian HH President Cup Prep race in Abu Dhabi
January 25, 2014, Abu Dhabi ~ Abu Dhabi’s Sunday card featured the prep races for HH The President Cups for Purebred Arabian and Thoroughbreds and despite losing an iron on the home turn, Silvestre De Sousa was able to conjure a winning run out of local debutant, Raaziq, in the 2200m Purebred Arabian version. Trained…
UAE President Suffered A Stroke, In Stable Condition
January 26, 2014, Abu Dhabi ~ President His Highness Shaeikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan is in stable condition following surgery on Friday, the Ministry of Presidential Affairs said on Saturday. The statement, carried by WAM, said the President had suffered a stroke on Friday morning, and immediately underwent surgery. “His Highness’s health is now stable,”…
Tabarak and Mushrae top global Arabian racehorse rating for 2013.
January 26, 2014, IFAHR ~ Tabarak (GB) and Mushrae (FR) tied for honor of best Arabian racehorse in the world. That was clear after the results of the 3rd annual global rating of Arabian racehorses by the Pattern Race Committee of IFAHR (the International Federation of Arabian Horse Racing Authorities) were published today. Both horses…
AJS Fath Elkheir wins Abdulla Bin Hamad Al Attiya Cup in Doha
24, January 2014, Doha QREC ~ Al Jeryan Stud’s AJS Fath Elkheir (Amer x Aicha Du Berlais) from the stables of Mohand Al Yaqout got its due when it was given a confident ride by Salim Golam to annex the Abdulla Bin Hamad Al Attiya Cup, a Local Bred Pure Arabian Conditions race at the Racing…